Understanding the impact of healthcare providers’ perspectives on cancer control in rural communities: A qualitative study

This study seeks to understand how healthcare providers perceive systemic- and individual-level factors affecting rural patients' access to care and how this information impacts providers’ approach to cancer screening and prevention recommendations. Over a six-month period in 2021, we conducted...

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Main Authors: Alee Lockman, Mariam Krikorian Atkinson, Keelin McGee, Tenille Oderwald, James McGee
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000611
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description This study seeks to understand how healthcare providers perceive systemic- and individual-level factors affecting rural patients' access to care and how this information impacts providers’ approach to cancer screening and prevention recommendations. Over a six-month period in 2021, we conducted semi-structured interviews with primary care providers, nurse navigators, and community health workers affiliated with a regional health system to better understand their perceptions of cancer control in rural communities. Thematic analysis was conducted to identify key themes and develop a conceptual framework to describe the pathway between information-gathering and care coordination – as well as how trust affects these relationships. We found that provider beliefs about barriers facing rural patients influence care recommendations and patient interactions. These beliefs and subsequent interactions affect trust between providers and patients, which influences whether rural patients are willing to believe providers, their adherence to care recommendations, and the information patients are willing to share with providers.
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spelling doaj-art-6362d55ec4ca4ad3a2dd3a1ca1df8ccd2024-12-13T11:07:30ZengElsevierSSM: Qualitative Research in Health2667-32152024-12-016100452Understanding the impact of healthcare providers’ perspectives on cancer control in rural communities: A qualitative studyAlee Lockman0Mariam Krikorian Atkinson1Keelin McGee2Tenille Oderwald3James McGee4Health Policy & Management, Texas A&M School of Public Health, 212 Adriance Lab Road, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; Corresponding author. Health Policy & Management Texas A&M School of Public Health, 212 Adriance Lab Road, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USADepartment of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USASt. Francis Medical Center, OSF HealthCare, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, IL, 61637, USASt. Francis Medical Center, OSF HealthCare, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, IL, 61637, USAThis study seeks to understand how healthcare providers perceive systemic- and individual-level factors affecting rural patients' access to care and how this information impacts providers’ approach to cancer screening and prevention recommendations. Over a six-month period in 2021, we conducted semi-structured interviews with primary care providers, nurse navigators, and community health workers affiliated with a regional health system to better understand their perceptions of cancer control in rural communities. Thematic analysis was conducted to identify key themes and develop a conceptual framework to describe the pathway between information-gathering and care coordination – as well as how trust affects these relationships. We found that provider beliefs about barriers facing rural patients influence care recommendations and patient interactions. These beliefs and subsequent interactions affect trust between providers and patients, which influences whether rural patients are willing to believe providers, their adherence to care recommendations, and the information patients are willing to share with providers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000611rural healthTrustCancer preventionCare coordinationPatient-provider communication
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SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
rural health
Trust
Cancer prevention
Care coordination
Patient-provider communication
title Understanding the impact of healthcare providers’ perspectives on cancer control in rural communities: A qualitative study
title_full Understanding the impact of healthcare providers’ perspectives on cancer control in rural communities: A qualitative study
title_fullStr Understanding the impact of healthcare providers’ perspectives on cancer control in rural communities: A qualitative study
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title_short Understanding the impact of healthcare providers’ perspectives on cancer control in rural communities: A qualitative study
title_sort understanding the impact of healthcare providers perspectives on cancer control in rural communities a qualitative study
topic rural health
Trust
Cancer prevention
Care coordination
Patient-provider communication
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